Medicare Patients Face Higher Hospital Costs Next Year
The base Medicare payment to hospitals rises from 144 to 160 dollars on January 1 1979, an 11 percent increase. Deductions for long term stays and nursing home transfers grow, with daily room charges rising for stays beyond 60 and 90 days, while nursing home per day charges after 20 days increase. President Carter pushes hospital cost containment as a key inflation control measure.
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White House
Administration
Hale Champion
Medicare
Carter
Congress
Susan B Anthony dollar wins House approval for next year
Treasury officials expect minting 500 million copper nickel Anthony dollars in January with June release. The coin honors Susan B Anthony and features an eagle on the tails side and inscriptions In God We Trust and E Pluribus Unum. The design faced initial criticism but drew broad support.
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Senate
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Miss Liberty
Patricia Hearst
California
Vance Gromyko Reopen Nuclear Limit Talks At UN
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko resume two day talks at the UN to seek a new arms treaty by year end. They plan meetings at the Soviet and U S missions with potential shift to Washington for Carter’s input. Disputes center on modernization and the number of new missiles allowed through 1985. The United States proposes one land based ICBM and one new submarine launch missile during the treaty.
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Carter
Congress
Senate
House
United Nations
Cyrus R. Vance
Andrei A. Gromyko
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Vance
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Des Moines
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Paul C. Warnke
Moscow
Gromyko
Kremlin
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Soviet Union
United States
U.N
Francis Jay Crawford
International Harvester
Air Base Aid Withheld Over West Bank Dispute
U S officials say the Carter administration will not release its pledge for new Israeli air bases until the West Bank settlements dispute is resolved. They deny pressure motive yet acknowledge Israel may view the action that way. Officials spoke on Tuesday in Washington, with another State Department development unfolding.
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Carter Administration
West Bank
U.S
Israel
Camp David
State Department
United States
Middle East
Soviet Union
U.S.S.R
Marshall Shulman
Cyrus Vance
Syria
Geneva
Lower Prices Aid Food for Peace Program
The Agriculture Department said US aid under the Food for Peace program will ship about 10 percent more food next year as lower commodity prices boost purchases by recipient countries. About $785 million is tentatively allocated for Title I long-term credit, with Egypt and Indonesia receiving the largest shares.
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United States
Agriculture Department
USDA
Egypt
Indonesia
Dale E. Hathaway
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